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Right on Target

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As they are apt to do, Target once again drew on the expertise of a known designer, Diane von Furstenberg, to collaborate on a playful collection that hit stores in a big flash this week. The release date coincided with a nor’easter here in Vermont, so I had to wait through the storm before scanning what was left on the racks. Thankfully, the one dress from the collection that stole my heart the minute I watched the first pre-launch ad was still available. Yellow is not normally my go-to color, but there is something so light and cheery about this particular shade that grabbed my imagination, it was a must have instantly! Spring is a wondrous feeling, right? Despite the snow underfoot I danced under the big sky sunshine prancing in this ginkgo patterned knit all afternoon.

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Springing Forward

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St. Paddy’s day, Spring Equinox, Aries, and a new baby in the family. What a week! We are indeed Springing Forward and celebrating along the way. Of course here in Vermont Spring doesn’t always coincide with bright flowers or even warmth, but it is here all the same, perhaps most noticeable in the light that lingers a bit longer than it did only yesterday. And when the robin’s egg blue pokes out from behind the towering clouds the whole of the sky transports those of us held earthbound higher. It’s magnificent.

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Drinking in the Sunshine

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I mentioned I was drinking in the sunshine during lunch with my gal pals and it set off a series of clarifying questions: Drinking, in the sunshine? Or drinking in the sunshine? I admitted to both. It’s been that kind of week with sunshine and warm temps for plenty of lake afternoons, dipping into the chilly water, and relaxing afterwards until night calls us home. Vermont the past weeks has been the summer that never really happened, with sunny heat for days on end, which led to a plethora of lingering outdoors, our chairs facing the slanting rays and our chatter staying right in the present, boat watching, commenting on ducks, foliage. I found myself calmer and able to deal with all the day to day stuff with a level head just from being outside in such a pleasant manner. Certainly is easier when the sky is blue blue and the breeze is southerly, don’t you agree? October arrived with a splash of color making itself known on every deciduous tree and late blooming gardens, and that too elevated my mood. I know there are disasters down every avenue, but today, actually the whole string of todays that made this week, are magnificent. Perhaps for you too? As so often is the case on this small planet where we roll about as one.

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